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The Moon on Friday, March 9, 1917: Waning Gibbous, 100% lit

Waning · 99.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 24°

Moon age

15.7days

Moon phase on March 9, 1917Waning Gibbous

Friday 9 March 1917400,607 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 9, 1917, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 15.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
15.7 dMoon age
400,607 km248,926 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (25°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 9, 1917 is on Thursday, March 8, 1917 at 21:58 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 23, 1917 at 04:05 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, March 8, 191721:58
Last Quarter (after)Friday, March 16, 191712:33

The Moon around March 9

More about this date

Friday, March 9, 1917 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 21, 1917 to the new moon of March 23, 1917, a cycle of 29.41 days.